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Cult of the will : nervousness and German modernity / Michael Cowan.

Author/creator Cowan, Michael J., 1971-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoUniversity Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2008.
Descriptionix, 343 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Will.
Self.
Power (Philosophy)
Neurasthenia--Social aspects.
Germany--History.
Contents Introduction: Reimagining the will in the age of nervousness -- Capitalism and Abulia -- Entr'acte : willpower in the age of enterprise -- Healing the will : popular medicine and the emergence of will therapy -- Training the will : gymnastics and body culture -- Educating the will : reform pedagogy and the school of rhythm -- Mapping the will : European nervousness and American willpower in Alfred Kubin's "Die Andere Seite" -- Afterword: Notes on the persistence of will therapy.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [317]-336) and index.
LCCN 2007038273
ISBN9780271032061 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0271032065 (cloth : alk. paper)

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